couldn't agree more with Oblaaspop.
The Emiratis that I fly with are really good guys. They know their stuff, they are reliable, and have excellent CRM. It's always a pleasure to fly with them.
And this CAN NOT be said about quite a lot of other expat-pilot colleagues of mine.
So as long as I can keep my job (and I doubt that anybody's gonna take it away from me for the next ten years or so, by which time I'll probably have left anyway) - I'm fine with the Emiratisation-programme.
And if you think about some of the office-positions currently in the hands of people from the sub-continent or even further east than that, I would welcome more locals taking over ANYTIME!